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Pascal (unit)

SI derived unit of pressure

Field	Value
name	pascal
image	Psidial.jpg
caption	A pressure gauge reading in psi (red scale) and kPa (black scale)
standard	SI
quantity	pressure or stress
symbol	Pa
namedafter	Blaise Pascal
units1	SI base units:
inunits1	kg⋅m−1⋅s−2
units2	US customary units:
inunits2	1e0 Pa
units3	atmosphere:
inunits3	1 Pa
units4	bar:
inunits4	10−5 bar
units5	barye (CGS unit)
inunits5	10 Ba

The pascal (symbol: Pa) is the unit of pressure in the International System of Units (SI). It is also used to quantify internal pressure, stress, Young's modulus, and ultimate tensile strength. The unit, named after Blaise Pascal, is an SI coherent derived unit defined as one newton per square metre (N/m2). It is also equivalent to 10 barye (10 Ba) in the CGS system. Common multiple units of the pascal are the hectopascal (1 hPa = 100 Pa), which is equal to one millibar, and the kilopascal (1 kPa = 1,000 Pa), which is equal to one centibar.

The unit of measurement called standard atmosphere (atm) is defined as . Meteorological observations typically report atmospheric pressure in hectopascals per the recommendation of the World Meteorological Organization, thus a standard atmosphere or typical sea-level air pressure is about 1,013 hPa. Reports in the United States typically use inches of mercury or millibars (hectopascals). In Canada, these reports are given in kilopascals.

Etymology

The unit is named after Blaise Pascal, noted for his contributions to hydrodynamics and hydrostatics, and experiments with a barometer. The name pascal was adopted for the SI unit newton per square metre (N/m2) by the 14th General Conference on Weights and Measures in 1971.

Definition

The pascal can be expressed using SI derived units, or alternatively solely SI base units, as: : {\rm 1~Pa = 1~N/m^2 = 1~kg/(m {\cdot} s^2) = 1~J/m^3 } where N is the newton, m is the metre, kg is the kilogram, s is the second, and J is the joule.

One pascal is the pressure exerted by a force of one newton perpendicularly upon an area of one square metre.

Standard units

The unit of measurement called an atmosphere or a standard atmosphere (atm) is 101325 Pa. This value is often used as a reference pressure and specified as such in some national and international standards, such as the International Organization for Standardization's ISO 2787 (pneumatic tools and compressors), ISO 2533 (aerospace) and ISO 5024 (petroleum). In contrast, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) recommends the use of 100 kPa as a standard pressure when reporting the properties of substances.

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Uses

The pascal (Pa) or kilopascal (kPa) as a unit of pressure measurement is widely used throughout the world and has largely replaced the pounds per square inch (psi) unit, except in some countries that still use the imperial measurement system or the US customary system, including the United States.

Geophysicists use the gigapascal (GPa) in measuring or calculating tectonic stresses and pressures within the Earth.

Medical elastography measures tissue stiffness non-invasively with ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging, and often displays the Young's modulus or shear modulus of tissue in kilopascals.

In materials science and engineering, the pascal measures the stiffness, tensile strength and compressive strength of materials. In engineering the megapascal (MPa) is the preferred unit for these uses, because the pascal represents a very small quantity.

Material	Young's modulus (GPa)
Nylon 6	2–4
Hemp fibre	35
Aluminium	69
Tooth enamel	83
Copper	117
Structural steel	200
Diamond	1220

The pascal is also equivalent to the SI unit of energy density, the joule per cubic metre. This applies not only to the thermodynamics of pressurised gases, but also to the energy density of electric, magnetic, and gravitational fields.

The pascal is used to measure sound pressure. Loudness is the subjective experience of sound pressure and is measured as a sound pressure level (SPL) on a logarithmic scale of the sound pressure relative to some reference pressure. For sound in air, a pressure of 20 μPa is considered to be at the threshold of hearing for humans and is a common reference pressure, so that its SPL is zero.

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In medicine, blood pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg, very close to one Torr). The normal adult blood pressure is less than 120 mmHg systolic BP (SBP) and less than 80 mmHg diastolic BP (DBP). Convert mmHg to SI units as follows: . Hence the normal blood pressure in SI units is less than 16.0 kPa SBP and less than 10.7 kPa DBP. These values are similar to the pressure of water column of average human height; so pressure has to be measured on arm roughly at the level of the heart.

Hectopascal and millibar units

Main article: Bar (unit)

The units of atmospheric pressure commonly used in meteorology were formerly the bar (), which is close to the average air pressure on Earth, and the millibar. Since the introduction of SI units, meteorologists generally measure atmospheric pressure in hectopascals (hPa), equal to 100 pascals or 1 millibar. Exceptions include Canada, which uses kilopascals (kPa). In many other fields of science, prefixes that are a power of 1000 are preferred, which theoretically excludes hectopascal from use.

Many countries still use millibars to measure atmospheric pressure. In practically all other fields, the kilopascal is used instead.

Multiples and submultiples

Decimal multiples and submultiples are formed using standard metric prefixes.

Multiples	Submultiples	Value	Name	Symbol	Value
101 Pa	decapascal	daPa	10−1 Pa	decipascal	dPa
102 Pa	hectopascal	hPa	10−2 Pa	centipascal	cPa
103 Pa	kilopascal	kPa	10−3 Pa	millipascal	mPa
105 Pa	bar (non-SI unit)	bar
106 Pa	megapascal	MPa	10−6 Pa	micropascal	μPa
109 Pa	gigapascal	GPa	10−9 Pa	nanopascal	nPa
1012 Pa	terapascal	TPa	10−12 Pa	picopascal	pPa
1015 Pa	petapascal	PPa	10−15 Pa	femtopascal	fPa
1018 Pa	exapascal	EPa	10−18 Pa	attopascal	aPa
1021 Pa	zettapascal	ZPa	10−21 Pa	zeptopascal	zPa
1024 Pa	yottapascal	YPa	10−24 Pa	yoctopascal	yPa
1027 Pa	ronnapascal	RPa	10−27Pa	rontopascal	rPa
1030 Pa	quettapascal	QPa	10−30 Pa	quectopascal	qPa

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